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RFC 1035 - 3.3.4. MD RDATA format (Obsolete)

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### 3.3.4. MD RDATA format (Obsolete)

        +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
        /                   MADNAME                     /
        /                                               /
        +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

where:

    MADNAME         A <domain-name> which specifies a host which has a mail
                    agent for the domain which should be able to deliver
                    mail for the domain.

MD records cause additional section processing which looks up an A type record corresponding to MADNAME.

MD is obsolete. See the definition of MX and [RFC-974] for details of the new scheme. The recommended policy for dealing with MD RRs found in a master file is to reject them, or to convert them to MX RRs with a preference of 0.

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RFC 1035 - 3.3.4. MD RDATA format (Obsolete)